TIMOTHY J. CORT
RUNNELS IA 50237
SUMMARY
Thirty years in the Agri Industry. Proven expertise in Quality Control and FDA requirements, 20 plus years in management and supervisory responsibilities, product manufacturing, production scheduling, safety management and am a certified forklift training instructor. Strong ability to make quick decisions in a fast paced work environment.
EXPERIENCE
Cargill Animal Nutrition - Ankeny IA
July 1979 to August 2011
Author of numerous critical tasks pertaining to safety as well as providing safety training to outside contractors
Audited Toll Millers for Cargill Pork and provided assessments of their abilities concerning quality control and FDA requirements.
Performed regional HACCP Coordinator duties for Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska
Point man for the FDA since 1987
Identified, developed and implemented inoculant formulas for silage and haylage.
Responsible for all levels of quality control/quality assurance.
Perform physical test procedures and monitor results.
Supervise all production and shipping/receiving personnel.
Schedule production.
Oversee production meetings.
Ordering of micro and macro ingredients for production needs.
Scheduling of outside contractors for routine maintenance and capital projects
Maintained all equipment in production facility
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS
Invited to the prestigious Presidents Forum in 2005
Initiated and developed new formulation for inoculant that is now the most sold.
Increased production tons by 60% and sales tons by 35% in 1 year.
Lead the Ankeny Team to the highest HACCP score in the world for Cargill Animal Nutrition in 2011
QUALIFICATIONS
Proven team building skills
Excellent interpersonal communication skills
Strong analytical ability
Strong work ethic, goal oriented
Over achiever
EDUCATION
Southeast Polk High School
1978 Graduate
University of Northern Iowa
1978 to 1979
Quality Work Group Instructor Coarse - Cargill
Certified HACCP Coordinator
Graduate of Fundamentals of Management
Graduate of Cargill Microscopy Coarse
STRENGTH FINDERS ASSESSMENT
Achiever - Leads by example
Arranger - Aligning tasks to find the most productive configuration possible
Consistency - Just, problem - solver, policy maker
Harmony - Negotiator, good listener and can see both sides of a situation, able to arrive at a
consensus and a great facilitator
Responsibility - Committed, accountable, independent, trusted and conscientious
REFERENCES
Professional references available upon request